Fernand Joseph Jules Stiévenart (21 May 1862 in

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– 22 January 1922 in

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) was a French landscape painter; associated with the artists' colony at Wissant.

Biography

After completing his primary education in Douai, he began his artistic studies with a local painter, François-Constant Petit (1819-?). From 1878 to 1880, he studied at the

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with Gustave Boulanger and others; winning several awards.Biographical notes
@ the Stiévenart website. In 1888, he exhibited several landscapes at the "Salon des Artistes Français", but it was not until 1893 that he joined the Société des Artistes Français. Shortly after, a terrible shipwreck occurred near Wissant, so he joined with his fellow painters, Adrien Demont, Pierre Carrier-Belleuse and to create a company called "Flotsam"; devoted to replacing the fishing equipment that had been lost. He and his wife, the artist Juliette De Reul (1872-1925), daughter of the Belgian novelist , lived in Douai until the late 1890s, when they settled in Wissant and opened a studio. Later, their workshop would be occupied by the graphic artist, Paule Crampel (1864-1964), widow of the explorer Paul Crampel. He was awarded a bronze medal at the

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. Toward the end of his life, he and Juliette moved to Uccle, where they had built a large mansion.

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Fernand Stiévenart website
with documents, photographs and a gallery. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stievenart, Fernand 1862 births 1922 deaths 19th-century French painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists École des Beaux-Arts French landscape painters People from Douai 19th-century French male artists

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